Moto2 Pre-Race Briefing 2021 Round 14, San Marino Grand Prix, Misano, 17-19 September

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This weekend is Round 14 of the Moto2 Championship which is being held at Misano. Here’s what Triumph Motorcycles have to say ahead of the weekend

Grand Prix of Aragon

Steve Sargent, Chief Product Officer, Triumph Motorcycles:

“Congratulations to Raul and Remy again for another 1-2 finish last weekend as it’s very definitely becoming a two-horse race for the title, and also congratulations to the whole of Aki Ajo’s team for sealing the Moto2 Teams’ World Championship title with five rounds remaining. It was a real shame for Sam as he once again at Aragon looked dominant with pole and the early lead but crashed on lap 13 whilst chasing Raul. Augusto Fernandez delivered an impressive race to climb from 12^th on the grid to finish 3^rd for his fourth podium in the last five races.”

• It wasn’t quite a lights-to-flag victory for Raul Fernandez as he started third on the grid, but by the first lap he was 2^nd and he took the lead on lap 4, then rode to a comprehensive victory with a margin of 5.4sec, in part because of Sam Lowes’ crash whilst chasing in second
• Aragon was Sam’s fifth pole position of the season. Raul has 4 poles, and Remy three from 2021. These three share 12 of the 13 poles of this season, with the other pole-sitter being Marco Bezzecchi at the British GP

Upcoming race

• Last year Misano hosted a back-to-back pair of races, the second of which was interrupted by a red flag after a significant downpour six laps into the race with the field all on slicks. The restart was further delayed by 15minutes as the rain intensified
• Enea Bastianini held his nerve to finish at the front of both race parts, taking the victory ahead of Bezzecchi and Lowes
• Of the current field, Bastianini, Marini, Bezzecchi, Lowes, A Fernandez, Di Giannantonio, Schrotter, Luthi and Syahrin have all stood on the podium in Moto2 in recent years

Triumph Triple Trophy #PoweredbyTriumph With five races remaining, Sam Lowes has closed to just six points away from current Triumph Triple Trophy leader Raul Fernandez, so that custom Street Triple RS is very much to play for.

About the Triumph Triple Trophy #PoweredbyTriumph

• The Triumph Triple Trophy #PoweredbyTriumph runs alongside the Moto2 World Championship in 2021, recognising that there are more stories of success from a GP than simply the race win, and will award one rider with a Street Triple RS at the end of the season
• Points will be awarded to the rider (or multiple riders in the case of a tie):
• Fastest top speed: 7 points for the fastest rider / riders in case of a tie
• Pole position: 6 points for the rider starting from pole
• Fastest race lap: 5 points for the fastest rider / riders in case of a tie

The Triumph Moto2 765cc race engine is a development of the class-leading Street Triple RS 765cc road motorcycle and produces more than 140PS and the same visceral soundtrack.

2021 Moto2 World Championship top ten:

Pos	Race #	Rider	Chassis	Engine	Nation	Points
1	87	R. Gardner	Kalex	Triumph 765cc	AUS	251
2	25	R. Fernandez	Kalex	Triumph 765cc	SPA	212
3	72	M. Bezzecchi	Kalex	Triumph 765cc	ITA	179
4	22	S. Lowes	Kalex	Triumph 765cc	GBR	127
6	37	A. Fernandez	Kalex	Triumph 765cc	SPA	108
5	44	A. Canet	Boscoscuro	Triumph 765cc	SPA	103
7	21	F. Di Giannantonio	Kalex	Triumph 765cc	ITA	101
8	79	A. Ogura	Kalex	Triumph 765cc	JPN	95
9	23	M. Schrotter	Kalex	Triumph 765cc	GER	80
10	9	J. Navarro	Boscoscuro	Triumph 765cc	SPA	71

2021 top ten standings – Triumph Triple Trophy #PoweredbyTriumph:

Pos	Race #	Rider	Nation	Points	Team
1	25	R. Fernandez	SPA	51	Red Bull KTM Ajo
2	22	S. Lowes	GBR	45	Elf Marc VDS Racing Team
3	87	R. Gardner	AUS	33	Red Bull KTM Ajo
4	42	M. Ramirez	SPA	28	American Racing
–	40	H. Garzo	SPA	28	Flexbox HP40
6	72	M. Bezzecchi	ITA	20	SKY Racing Team VR46
7	19	L. Dalla Porta	ITA	14	Italtrans Racing Team
–	13	C. Vietti	ITA	14	SKY Racing Team VR46
9	35	S. Chantra	THA	12	IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia
10	6	C. Beaubier	USA	7	American Racing

2021 Moto2 calendar:

	Date	Race		Date	Race
1	28 Mar	GP of Qatar, Losail	10	8 Aug	GP of Styria, Red Bull Ring
2	4 Apr	GP of Doha, Losail	11	15 Aug	GP of Austria, Red Bull Ring
3	18 Apr	GP of Portugal, Algarve	12	29 Aug	GP of Britain, Silverstone
4	2 May	GP of Spain, Jerez	13	12 Sept	GP of Aragon, Aragon
5	16 May	GP of France, Le Mans	14	19 Sept	GP of San Marino, Misano
6	30 May	GP of Italy, Mugello	15	3 Oct	GP of Americas, COTA
7	6 Jun	GP of Catalunya, Barcelona	16	24 Oct	GP of Misano, Misano
8	20 Jun	GP of Germany, Sachsenring	17	7 Nov	GP of Algarve
9	27 Jun	TT Assen, Assen	18	14 Nov	GP of Valencia, Valencia

https://www.triumphmotorcycles.co.uk/

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